Electoral college

facts:
1.) Gore had 51 million popular votes and Bush had 50.5 million.
2.) In some states, there is an oath required to make sure these electors honor their selected candidate.
3.) Presidential electors are now required to be selected by popular vote.
4.) Federal judges are not elected, rather selected by higher parties.
5.) One electoral college criticism is: undemocratic.
6.) The recount of the 2000 election would have been literally unavoidable if there was popular vote elections.
7.) The electoral college, like many other political institutions, is also known as corrupt.
8.) The invention of the Electoral College also reflected concerns about the adminstability of a nationwide popular election that have no current validity.
9.) It can be said that the distribution of only 2 electoral votes to each state is unfair due to the population differences.
10.) The electoral college is the most involved committee in votes for electing officers for the federal govt.


Questions:
1.) Does everyone's vote really count?
2.) How corrupt can the Electoral college become before having consequences by law?
3.) How many people are in the EC and how long do they serve?
4.) Why is it that so many government institutions become viewed as corrupt and manipulative in the publics eyes?
5.) How does one join the electoral college?